Finding Aid for the Angela Brinskele photographs,
1986-2008
LSC.2158
Finding aid prepared by Stacy Wood, 2012 and Jessica Tai, 2017; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1575
(310) 825-4988
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Online finding aid last updated 8 August 2017.
Title: Angela Brinskele photographs
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2158
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.2 linear feet
(1 record carton and 1 half document box)
Date (inclusive): 1986-2008
Abstract: Angela Brinskele has been the Director of Communications of the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives since 2006. Brinskele is also
a freelance photographer who aims to preserve women's history through photography. She has been documenting the LGBT community
since the mid 1980's and has documented many LGBT organizations and events including the LA Gay and Lesbian Center, Women
On a Roll, Dinah Shore Weekend, Prides all over Southern California, as well as covering political activism including the
1991 March on the Capitol in Sacramento over AB101. This collection contains photographs covering gay and lesbian cultural
and pride events from 1986 through 2008, with a focus on lesbians in Southern California.
Language of Materials: Materials are in English.
Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance through out electronic
paging system using the "Request items" button.
Creator:
Brinskele, Angela
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in
advance through out electronic paging system using the "Request items" button.
Conditions Governing Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Angela Brinskele Photographs (Collection 2158). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Acquisition Information
Donation, 2013.
Processing History
Processed by Stacy Wood, 2012.
Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Jessica Tai in 2017.
The
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA is an outreach and collection-building partnership between the
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives , the
UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) and the
UCLA Library . These collections expand the pool of primary source materials available to researchers and to the community at large. This
partnership was initiated by CSW and is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to inventory, organize,
preserve, and digitize more than eighty Mazer collections pertaining to lesbian and feminist activism and writings.
Biography
Angela Brinskele has been the Director of Communications of the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives since 2006. She is the first
paid staff person since they were founded in 1981. Brinskele studied photography at Cal State Fullerton and works as a freelance
photographer who aims to preserve women's history through photography. She has been documenting the LGBT community since the
mid 1980's with a special emphasis on Lesbians in Southern California. Brinskele has worked as a photographer for The Lesbian
News for several years, as well as for Outfest since the late 1990s. Angela has documented many LGBT organizations and events
including the LA Gay and Lesbian Center, Women On a Roll, Dinah Shore Weekend, Prides all over Southern California, as well
as covering political activism including the 1991 March on the Capitol in Sacramento over AB101.
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs covering gay and lesbian cultural and pride events from 1986 through 2008, with a focus
on lesbians in Southern California.
Organization and Arrangement
Materials arranged chronologically within categories.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Brinskele, Angela -- Archives.
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA.
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives.
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center.
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Gay pride celebrations--United States--Photographs.
Lesbian photographers--California, Southern--Archives.
Outfest (Film Festival).
Photographs.
Box 1, Box 2
Photographs: Albums
1986-2008
General Physical Description note: photographs in albums
Scope and Contents note
These leather bound albums contains photos taken at gay and lesbian cultural events in California, predominately in Los Angeles.
The majority of the photos cover city pride events, Outfest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, GLAAD and Trevor Project events
in addition to other media outlets and organizations. Albums contain commentary, often identifying the event and subjects
of the photographs.
Box 1, Box 2, Folders 1-4
Photographs: Events
2004-2008
Scope and Content
Contains photographs from events including Butch Voices L.A., The L World premiere, the Christopher Street West and Human
Rights Campaign Gala, Brenda Weather's Life Celebration, and the Barbara Gittings event at UCLA. Also contains a matted photograph
of Kim Turner and Kathleen McHugh from the 1985 West Coast Music and Comedy Festival.
Box 2, Folder 4
Photographs: In Our Global Village: West Hollywood Through the Eyes of Its Youth
2008
Box 2
Ephemera: Olivia Cruises Wallet
circa 1986-2008
Box 2
Ephemera: Christopher Street West Rainbow Lanyard
circa 1986-2008
Box 2
Ephemera: Playing cards featuring famous lesbians and actresses who played lesbians
circa 1986-2008
Box 2
Ephemera: Nabisco Dinah Shore Tournament Pass
1994
Box 1
Ephemera: Nabisco Dinah Shore Tournament Visor
circa 1986-2008
